| 词条 | Let Them Eat Cake (TV series) |
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| show_name = Let Them Eat Cake | image = Let Them Eat Cake DVD.jpg | caption = Let Them Eat Cake DVD cover | runtime = 29 minutes | creator = Peter Learmouth | starring = Dawn French Jennifer Saunders Adrian Scarborough | company = Tiger Aspect Productions | distributor = Endemol UK | language = English | country = United Kingdom | network = BBC One | picture_format = PAL 9 | audio_format = Stereo | first_aired = {{Start date|1999|9|9|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|1999|10|14|df=yes}} | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 6 Let Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 1999. Starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, it is one of the few programmes in which French and Saunders have appeared which they did not create themselves. PlotIt is 1782, seven years before the French Revolution. The most reviled woman in France is the ambitious and immoral Colombine, Comtesse de Vache, who stalks the halls of the Palace of Versailles, spreading terror into the hearts of her fellow aristocrats by gathering their darkest and most intimate secrets. Her loyal maid is the nymphomaniacal, former prostitute Lisette and her acid-tongued couturier is Bouffant. Colombine's constant rival is Madame de Plonge, along with her naive yet sharp-witted daughter, Eveline. Cast
Episodes{{Episode table |overall= |title= |airdate= |episodes={{Episode list| EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = The Pox | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|09|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Madame de Plonge tries to humiliate the Comtesse de Vache by convincing her to seduce one of her lovers. Meanwhile, the Comte de Vache has contracted the pox and wishes to end his life pressed against Colombine's bosom. }}{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Murder | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|09|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Colombine loses a bet against the Marquise de Fufu and is arrested after the Marquise is found brutally murdered in her apartment. }}{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The Portrait | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|09|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The Marquis de Sade has escaped from the Bastille and it seems that Colombine has become a favoured victim of his depravities. Meanwhile, a famous artist wants to paint Colombine. Guest starring Richard E. Grant and Maggie Steed. }}{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Making Voopee | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|09|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Colombine believes herself to be pregnant and thinks the King to be the father. She then conspires to do away with the King's legitimate son so that her own will become heir to the throne of France. }}{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = A Marriage of Convenience | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|10|07|df=y}} | ShortSummary = A Duke is offering a vast sum to anyone who can provide him with a "show wife," which he needs to appear to be one of the lads. Colombine tries to enlist her estranged sister, Cecille (played by Kathy Burke), for the job. }}{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Royal Command Performance | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|10|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The King and Queen have decided to hold a Royal Command Performance, consisting basically of them copulating, and Colombine does her best to outshine her nemesis, Madame de Plonge. }}}} DVD releasesLet Them Eat Cake was released in Region 2 (UK) on 5 March 2007. It is also available in Region 4 (Australia). References
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